fuckyeahdrugpolicy: The slow death of prohibition | BBC News (March 2012) When prohibition came into force, in 1920, saloons across the country were boarded up and the streets foamed with beer as joyful campaigners smashed kegs and poured bottles down the drain. But far from ending corruption and vice, as opponents of the “demon rum” had hoped,... - http://silas216.tumblr.com/post...